Painting machine



H. TAYLOR PAINTING MACHINE Aug. 19, 1941.

Filed June 19, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 19, 1941. H. TAYLOR 2,252,903

' PAINTING MACHINE Filed June 19, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 In ventor Patented Aug. 19, 1941 PAINTING MACHINE Harry Taylor, Babylon, N. Y., assignor of onehalf to Joseph E. Minor, Lindenhurst, N. Y.

Application June 19, 1940, Serial No. 341,356

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in painting machines and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character embodying novel means for rapidly mottling walls, ceilings and other surfaces.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a painting machine of the character described which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, compact, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through the device, taken substantially on the line l-I of Fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional View, taken substantially on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the pulley supporting frame.

Figure 4 is a view in end elevation of the pulley supporting frame.

Figure 5 is a detail View in perspective of the scraper.

Figure 6 is a plan view of a portion of the applicator belt.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a substantially rectangular container I of suitable material and capacity, said container being for the reception of a supply of paint, as at 2. The forward end portion only of the container I is provided with a top 3 from the inner end of which a flange 4 depends, the rest of said container being open. The container I is mounted on one end of a handle 5 of suitable length, a hinge 8 permitting swinging adjustment of said container on said handle.

Mounted in the container I is a metallic frame I of substantially U-shaped cross section. Journalled in the frame 1 are comparatively large and small pulleys 8 and 9, respectively. It will be observed that the large pulley 8 projects above the container I through the open portion of the top thereof. Trained around the pulleys 8 and 9 for operation in the paint 2 is an endless applicator belt Iii. As illustrated to advantage in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the applicator belt ID has formed therein irregularly shaped and arranged openings or perforations II.

Journaled in the upper forward portion of the container I, beneath the top 3, is a spreading roll I2 with which the belt I8 is engaged. A scraper I3 mounted on the flange 4 removes excess paint from the belt I0. Mounted on the rear end wall of the container I and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom is a blending brush I4.

It is thought that the operation of the device will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the paint 2 is placed in the container I to the desired level. The protruding portion of the belt III which is engaged with the large pulley 8 is then engaged with the surface to be painted and moved thereacross. Thus, the endless belt I0 and the pulleys 8 and 9, also the roll I2, are frictionally actuated. In this manner the endless applicator belt I0 picks up the paint and transfers it to the surface, the openings or perforations II in said belt producing a mottled effect. The brush I4, trailing the applicator belt I0, spreads and blends the paint on the wall, ceiling or other surface. That is, the brush I4 moves some of the paint into portions of the areas left blank or unpainted on the surface by the openings or perforations II. The top portion 3 of the container I permits said container to be swung downwardly to an inclined or vertical position for the purpose of mottling a wall provided, of course, that the quantity of the paint is not such as to overflow.

It is believed that the many advantages of a painting or mottling machine constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A painting machine comprising, in combination, a container for the reception of paint, an endless belt operatively mounted in the container and protruding therefrom for transferring paint from said container to a surface, said belt having openings therein for producing a mottled effect on the surface, and a brush mounted on the container and adapted to trail the belt over the surface.

2. A painting machine of the character described comprising an elongated handle, a. container, for the reception of paint, hingedly mounted for swinging adjustment on one end of said handle, said container including a top on one end portion only thereof, a flange depending from an inner portion of the top, a.

V substantially U-shaped frame mounted in the container, comparatively large and small pulleys journaled in said frame, the large pulley protruding from the container through the open top portion thereof, an endless applicator belt 

